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Decent valueActivePlatinum Payout · $20 · South Dakota Lottery
Platinum Payout: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.56 on average.
▲ +3.0 pts vs launch#2 of 7 · $20 SD gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:13 PM
▲ +3.0 pts vs launch#2 of 7 · $20 SD gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:13 PM
Platinum Payout is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.8%, up 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 74.8%. 1 of the original 2 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 0.2M printed tickets have been sold.
77.8%
expected return
1 in 3.54
odds of any win
1 of 2
$200K top prizes left
71%
claimed · 175k of 246k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 20,116 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $20
$40 or $50 or $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 782 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.56 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.69 · 63.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$2.87 · 14.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
20,113 winning tickets remain in this range: 82% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
246k
tickets printed
175k
tickets claimed · 71%
71k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
29%
50% of top prizes remain with only 29% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
South Dakota Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 SD peers
#2 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:13 PM.
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